Comedy farce NOISES OFF returns to the West End
Long before Mischief Theatre brought The Play That Goes Wrong (and their many other farce shows) to London, there was Noises Off. After watching from the wings a production of his 1970 farce The Two of Us with Richard Briers and Lynn Redgrave, also at the Garrick Theatre, and noting that the goings on behind […]
New UK Tour announced for THE WOMAN IN BLACK
A UK Tour of Susan Hill’s THE WOMAN IN BLACK has been announced today, opening at Blackpool Grand Theatre on Wednesday 11 September 2019. Full tour listings below and further dates to be announced. Stephen Mallatratt’s adaptation of Susan Hill’s best-selling novel tells the story of a lawyer obsessed with a curse that he believes […]
REVIEW: Rock of Ages (Sunderland Empire) ★★★
Rock of Ages arrives into Sunderland, bringing with it power ballads and big hair as we move into Los Angeles in the 1980’s. Essentially a love story, in fact many love stories, and a ‘will they or won’t they’ ending. It is actually quite a sleazy show – and not in a good way. Did […]
Wilma Award Winning Show ‘I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical’ Heads To The Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Charlotte O’Rourke has just completed a run in Mamma Mia! in the West End, having previously appeared in its UK tour; Charlotte Anne Steen’s recent credits include Bat Out Of Hell and 42nd Street in the West End, and Rock Of Ages and We Will Rock You on tour. Name of Edinburgh show: I Wish […]
REVIEW: The Actor’s Nightmare (Park Theatre) ★★
Theatre of the Absurd is something of an acquired taste, with its normal situations peppered with leaps of logic and bizarre twists. Christopher Durang‘s curated series of six short extended sketches, seeks to give the world of film and theatre an absurd treatment. The Actor’s Nightmare, staged in the round in the Park 90, places […]
REVIEW: WHERE IS PETER RABBIT (Theatre Royal Haymarket) ★★★★
Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated her delightful cautionary tales between 1901 and 1918 and their publication by Frederick Warne has created multiple generations of fans for the charming little books. The Old Laundry Theatre developed this stage version in 2016 bringing it to the West End in 2018 and it now returns for a season […]
New cast announced for THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
As THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA heads in to its 34th year in the West End, Australian singer and performer Josh Piterman will play ‘The Phantom’ from 9 September 2019. Also joining the cast from 9 September 2019 will be Britt Lenting as ‘Carlotta Giudicelli’ and Richard Woodford as ‘Monsieur André’. Continuing in the show […]
Shows I’m looking forward to at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
I can’t believe the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival begins next week! I’ll be up there for a week 5-12 August, running around seeing as many shows as I can. I have a huge list of shows I am hoping to see but I wanted to let you know about a handful (well, 13) that I […]
WAITRESS extends its booking period to January 2020
Waitress continues a celebrated West End run at the Adelphi Theatre and today announces an extension by popular demand with tickets now on sale for Christmas and New Year through to 4 January 2020. Audiences also have just three weeks left to see Ashley Roberts, (The Pussycat Dolls, Strictly 2018 finalist) in the role of […]
REVIEW: The Falcon’s Malteser (The Vaults) ★★★
New Old Friends Theatre Company are developing a distinctive style of theatre, based on taking well known titles (or genres) and creating fast paced parodies of the style and story. After the recent touring success of “Crimes on the Nile”, this latest production at London’s Vaults is The Falcon’s Malteser. The format is the same. […]